momstown KW Learns About Childhood Food Sensitivities and Allergies

Baby Basics is always full of great friends and great information for all of momstown moms and babies! One week we do a fun and interactive craft the next we have a great guest speaker come in and talk to us about anything baby related.

This week momstown KW moms learned all about childhood food allergies and sensitivities. Even though food allergies and intolerance are becoming more and more common, our knowledge behind how and why allergies occur is also increasing helping moms learn how to avoid them and how nutrition and supplement protocols can help with symptoms.

A true allergy is an abnormal immune reaction to a generally harmless substance and a true allergy will only affect about 1-2% of the population! Symptoms could be as severe as swelling, rash, hives, breathing difficulties, upset belly or even anaphylactic shock within 1 hour of ingestion or exposure to the food or as minimal as irritability, diaper rash and eczema. The top nine foods to cause a reaction include; peanuts, tree nuts, sesame seeds, milk, eggs, fish, soy, wheat and sulphites.

Learning when and how to introduce a new food into your child's diet will help to avoid a severe reaction or life long intolerance. Thankfully, Tania from Yellowood Nutrition and Wellness joined us to teach our moms about the signs and symptoms of allergies and sensitivities and how to avoid them.